Suppose That Ten New Smart Phone Models Were Evaluated by Two

question 3

Multiple Choice

Suppose that ten new smart phone models were evaluated by two consumer electronics magazines from 1 (best) to 10 (worst) . Spearman's rho was calculated to be -0.45. We can say that

• A) There is a high level of agreement between the two magazine rankings.
• B) The association between the two magazine rankings is strong and positive.
• C) There is an outlier in the data that affects the results.
• D) The association between the two magazine ratings is moderate and negative.
• E) Both magazines had the same smart phone ranked as number 1.

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